Sunday in Peking

Name: Sunday in Peking
Genre: Documentary
Released: 1956-11-01
Duration: 19 min
Cast: Gilles Quéant

Original title: Dimanche à Pekin

1956
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19m

Documentary

★ 6.4 TMDB Rating · 24 votes

Chris Marker’s travel essay Sunday in Peking transforms a long-held childhood dream into a cinematic journey through Beijing. Blending documentary observation with reflective narration, Marker captures the city’s rhythms, traditions, and everyday life in mid-1950s China with his signature curiosity and lyricism.

Director: Chris Marker
Release date: Nov 1, 1956
Original language: French
Origin: France

Cast of Sunday in Peking

Gilles Quéant
Narrator

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